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The Associated Press reported Thursday morning that, according to a Republican member of the Senate Intelligence panel, Michael Flynn's lawyers said that Flynn will not obey a subpoena. Flynn was sacked from his top post in the Trump Administration after just 25 days when it was revealed he had lied about his communications with Russian ambassador to the U.S. (more...)

In the telegram, Xi wrote that he hoped to "continue consistently placing great value on relations between South Korea and China and that China will guard the hard achievements it has made with South Korea in China-South Korea relations", the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. (more...)

The White House struggled to answer the question. ". Our State Department has this sort of legalistic and slightly nutso view that you can't do anything in Jerusalem until the status of Jerusalem is resolved". Stone believes Democrats Abroad can play a key role in the grassroots movement emerging in the states that stands in opposition to the Trump administration. (more...)

We mourn for the dead (and) hope the injured can recover fully". In Dublin, the Minister for foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan said the attack was a "deliberate, callous, targeting of young children and teenagers" adding that there is no evidence of any Irish citizens caught up in the violence. (more...)

Trump (pictured with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin ) had earlier asked Netanyahu whether he was allowed to pose for photos as they strolled past dignitaries and politicians, to which the prime minister threw up his hands and replied: 'Who knows?' At Rivlin's residence, Trump lashed out at Iran. (more...)

I won't call them monsters because they would like that term. Trump has also opted against an immediate move of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem , a longtime demand of Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty). US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talk during welcome ceremony in Tel Aviv, Monday, May 22,2017. (more...)

The significance of this was not missed by a Lebanese professor, who, CNN reports , "pointed out that Trump equated Hezbollah, a Lebanese political and military group made up mostly of Shia Muslims, with ISIS and al Qaeda". The United States and Gulf Arab countries announced agreement to coordinate efforts against the financing of terrorist groups. The closest Trump came to acknowledging the human rights situation was a call for the region's leaders to stand together against "the ... (more...)

Malaysia, he said, was also among five nations besides Jordan, Egypt , Kuwait and Indonesia given the honour to address the Arab-Islamic-US Summit at the King Abdulaziz International Convention Centre here Sunday. A senior official who was part of the Palestinian delegation said Trump is planning to try to relaunch peace talks, with a goal of reaching an agreement within a year. (more...)

Victims described being thrown by the blast. Associated acts such as Katy Perry , Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift tweeted their support for fans of Grande. "For the first time in my life I couldn't make any sense". "Praying for everyone tonight please gets home safe". Everyone was running and crying. "It was absolutely terrifying". (more...)

A "bathroom bill" similar to the one that sparked controversy in North Carolina is quickly working its way through the Texas legislature. By a final vote of 21-10 , state senators agreed with their counterparts in the Texas House of Representatives that society should continue to make room for adoption and foster care services associated with a religious tradition, whether Christian or Muslim. (more...)

According to a report in Guardian, a crowd splitting explosion shoot the entire Manchester Arena at around 10:30 pm on Monday night. British police say at least 22 people were killed and 59 wounded in an explosion Monday night outside a concert venue in Manchester, England . (more...)

Trump's request came after March 20 when then-FBI Director James Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee that the bureau was investigating "the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts". (more...)

While the White House initially pointed to a memo from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein , outlining Comey's mismanagement of the investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's private email server, as the impetus for his termination, Trump later admitted that the Russian Federation investigation - which he has called a "hoax" - played a role. (more...)

Witness spoke of metal nuts and bolts strewn across the blast site, suggesting the attacker may have packed his explosive device with shrapnel - a gruesome tactic to maximize casualties that was also used by suicide bombers in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people in 2015 and repeatedly in the Middle East and elsewhere. (more...)

For instance, Trump and his campaign often said they thought - as Israelis do - that the USA embassy should be in Jerusalem , rather than Tel Aviv . Following a brief description of the history of the wall, Trump went to the men's side, with his daughter and wife heading to the women's section. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu belatedly attempted to stop him. (more...)

Iran's newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani on Monday dismissed his United States counterpart Donald Trump's summit with Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia this weekend as "just a show". The US does not officially recognize Old Jerusalem as part of Israel , as that portion of the city is located beyond the 1949 armistice line that effectively partitioned the old Palestine Mandate between Israel and territories annexed by Egypt and Jordan. (more...)

She maintained that she never meant to hurt USA interests, and her sentence was commuted by outgoing former President Barack Obama in January, who called the punishment "very disproportionate" to the crime. Chelsea Manning was released from Fort Leavenworth in the dead of night with no fanfare according to a U.S. Army official. The documents leaked by Manning ranged from embarrassing diplomatic cables that revealed how United States envoys really felt about friends and foes alike, ... (more...)

U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka said Sunday that ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia has made "encouraging" progress in empowering women but more freedom is needed. For Mr Trump, the trip is a reprieve from the controversies that have marred his young presidency and an attempt to reset his relationship with a region and a religion he fiercely criticised a candidate. (more...)

During his speech the next day, he thanked Saudi Arabia for its role in security in the Middle East - ignoring the country's human rights abuses both at home and elsewhere in the region. Notably, Syria and Iran were absent from the talks. The Trump administration has threatened Tehran with new sanctions and possible military action on several occasions. (more...)

It is the first time a sitting USA president has visited and prayed at the site. He arrived in Israel after visiting Saudi Arabia , home to the two holiest sites in Islam, and will next head to the Vatican, home of the Catholic Church. An Israeli TV station quoted an American as telling the Israelis that the wall is not in Israeli territory, enraging Trump's Israeli hosts. She also said that the Western Wall is part of Israel. (more...)